New council homes for Eastbourne unveiled

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Oct 2019, 12:49 BST
Officials at the opening of The Addison SUS-190210-113434001Officials at the opening of The Addison SUS-190210-113434001
Officials at the opening of The Addison SUS-190210-113434001
The latest development of new council homes has been unveiled in Eastbourne.

They are in Northbourne Road and the first ones completed through Aspiration homes, a partnership between Eastbourne and Lewes councils.

The properties will be known as The Addison to mark 100 years since Dr Christopher Addison introduced social housing.

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Following the end of the First World War, housing was a priority in the UK.

The government and then minister of health, Dr Addison, stepped in to create the Housing and Town Planning Act of 1919, known to many as the Addison Act.

Aspiration Homes has built 12 one and two-bedroom affordable homes following the demolition of four council properties on the site which had been blighted by subsidence.